Author: Human Workplace

Our society bombards you with reasons not to believe in yourself, especially when you are job hunting: Maybe you don’t have a “perfect” résumé. Maybe you don’t have the educational background some people think you should have. Maybe you’re older than someone thinks you should be, or younger. Maybe you have a disability, or don’t… Continue reading Affirmation For Job Seekers

Can we lay to rest the idea that asking candidates about their employment gaps will alert you to whether someone was terminated from a past job (and is therefore ineligible for employment with you)? First of all, asking someone about their “gap” tells you nothing about whether or not they got terminated from their last… Continue reading Asking Candidates About Their Resume Gaps

If you’ve never thought about working for yourself as an independent consultant (either part-time or full-time) I don’t blame you. I never thought about it either.  In fact, when people would sometimes tell me, “You should be a consultant!” I’d recoil in horror.  I was a corporate person, through and through. Here’s what I thought… Continue reading Ten Reasons to Consider Independent Consulting